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Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreCochran has conjured up a caper that’s just clever enough and characters just winning enough to hold our interest long enough to be surprised at the resolution to the puzzle that she conjures up.
- 58The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakSo we’re left with a problematic façade that can’t avoid tainting the thought-provoking crime mystery unfolding beneath it.
- 50RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyRogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyThere are some interesting things going on, and some insight into New York's economic hierarchy, but the film veers off into a hard-to-believe crime heist, and, ultimately, none of it really hangs together.
- 30Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinWrite When You Get Work doesn’t work. Not as a romance, not as a Robin Hood-tinged caper flick, not as a social commentary on racial inequity or classism, and not as a male-buddy picture — all elements director Stacy Cochran attempts to wedge into her often muddled, under-focused script.
- 25TheWrapTricia OlszewskiTheWrapTricia OlszewskiWith zero romance and nonsensical thrills, the only legitimate theft here is of the viewer’s time.
- 20The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNeither remotely credible nor more than minimally entertaining, Stacy Cochran’s New York City romance, Write When You Get Work, presents rich folk as gullible idiots and blue-collar crooks as heroes.